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broad at the broadest part is a sound limit. When 

 starting a new pole it is well to leave a space suffi- 

 cient for another notch between each pair cut. 

 Should the pole then last many seasons additional 

 notches can be inserted. When a pole is accident- 

 ally broken in the field it is allowable to " transfer " 

 the notches to a new pole; but it is not considered 

 the thing to have a selection of brass tacks inserted 

 by the shopman when buying a pole. Before put- 

 ting a pole aside for the winter it is wise to go 

 over the wood with a rag dipped in salad oil, and 



Fig. 3. Kbhler Horn. 



to vaseline the metal work : it is not wise to hang 

 it up in the sunshine, nor at any time to leave it 

 lying about out of doors. The chief glory of an 

 Otter-hunter is a well-kept and well-notched pole. 



The Master will need a horn. A small Kohler 

 horn (Fig. 3), as sold by Messrs. Swaine and 

 Adeney (who have now acquired the business of 

 Messrs. Kohler, formerly of Bromley), is melodious, 

 and easily carried, while for those Masters and 

 huntsmen who find it difficult to blow a hunting-horn 

 there is the Kohler reed-horn (Fig. 4), as commonly 



